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I tried to build a "token optimization stack" for coding agents. Here's why I killed it.

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A pilot benchmark, a $5.60 receipt, and a 97%-savings number that was actually a silent failure. How it started This started from a plain problem: I kept hitting token limits at work. I was using Claude Code for real engineering work, and I was burning through budget faster than I wanted. The obvio…

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  1. 2026-08-25 17:34 · DEV Community — AI
    I tried to build a "token optimization stack" for coding agents. Here's why I killed it.

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